Japan’s No.1 mobile carrier, NTT Docomo, which saw No. 3 SoftBank winning the rights to distribute the iPad in Japan last year, is planning to launch a tablet on its own. Japan’s biggest business daily, The Nikkei, reported yesterday that Docomo commissioned LG Electronics to manufacture a device designed specifically for the Japanese market. The… Continue reading Report: Docomo To Launch New Tablet In March
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English Guide For Nico Nico Douga, Part 2: How To Use
We explained how to register for Japanese video sharing site Nico Nico Douga in English here (click here for a list of all Nico Nico articles we’ve written so far). This quick guide should explains Nico Nico’s main features and how to actually get around the site (ignore our older guide). Nico Nico has changed… Continue reading English Guide For Nico Nico Douga, Part 2: How To Use
English Guide For Nico Nico Douga, Part 1: How To Register
It’s been a while since we explained how English speaking users can set up an account for Japan’s super-popular video sharing site Nico Nico Douga (click here for a list of all Nico Nico articles we’ve written so far). A few things changed in the registration process, which is why we thought it’s a good… Continue reading English Guide For Nico Nico Douga, Part 1: How To Register
1000 Students Gather At A Job Fair In Ameba Pigg
It is not already unusual that the job fair is held in virtual world. But is there a company holding a serious job fair in the “cute” 2D virtual world? CyberAgent utilized their virtual world “Ameba Pigg” for their job fair. Recently, CyberAgent strengthens overseas development, and push forward the employment of the Android application… Continue reading 1000 Students Gather At A Job Fair In Ameba Pigg
Japanese Virtual World Anime Film Aims At Oscar
Are you interested in the virtual world and Japanese anime film? Then, let’s check the “Summer Wars”. “Summer wars” is a Japanese anime film released in 2009 summer in Japan. The screening has just begun in U.S.A. on December 24. Story Kenji is a teenage math prodigy recruited by his secret crush Natsuki for the… Continue reading Japanese Virtual World Anime Film Aims At Oscar
Softbank Mobile To Transform iPhone4 IC-Card Enabled… With Stickers
Softbank Mobile, exclusive iPhone seller in Japan, today announced their new IC-Card(FeliCa) products for iPhone 4: IC-Card stickers. iPhone not having FeliCa, RFID smart card, is one of lamentations for users who can not give up their e-wallets function on their Japanese cellphone. One of the reasons that half of Japanese iPhone users still keeps… Continue reading Softbank Mobile To Transform iPhone4 IC-Card Enabled… With Stickers
Undercover Cops Dispatched To 1,500 Cellphone Shops To Check If They Explain Kids Filtering Service
Jiji reported [J] that Japan’s National Police Agency is planning to send secret agents to 1,500 cellphone shops nationwide, to check if shop clerks ask a customer who will use the cellphone, and if s/he says it is for their children, then if they introduce kids filtering service and explain what bad things could happen… Continue reading Undercover Cops Dispatched To 1,500 Cellphone Shops To Check If They Explain Kids Filtering Service
Mixi Releases Android App
Mixi, Japan’s leading social network, already offers a decent mobile web site for smartphone users (Mixi Touch, which was launched in September). And today, the company finally announced an app for Android users (you can pretty much forget their much older iPhone app). The new app makes it possible to use Mixi’s main features, including… Continue reading Mixi Releases Android App
Bijo Linux – Photo Site Where Girls Are Displaying Linux Commands
Bijo Linux [J] is a new website offers Tokyo girls holding up a signboard showing one Linux command. The Japanese word “Bijo” means “beautiful lady”. Every time you reload the page, a different girl with a different Linux command will be shown up. Each photo comes with the girl’s nickname, dob, blood type(how important!), occupation,… Continue reading Bijo Linux – Photo Site Where Girls Are Displaying Linux Commands
Google Japanese Input Drops Beta Tag, Does Even Fortune-Telling
If your language has much more letters, say 3,000 characters, than multiple times (shift/crtl/alt) of number of keys on keyboard, you need an input method environment(IME) to tell computers what letter you want to type. There are many IMEs exist for Traditional/Simplified Chinese and Japanese. These days operating systems have those IME bundled, on Windows,… Continue reading Google Japanese Input Drops Beta Tag, Does Even Fortune-Telling